Michael Donovan Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Drive Cleveland, OH 44106 (773) 879-2547 [email protected] Employment Collections Manager of Paleobotany, beginning March 2019. Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH. Education Doctor of Philosophy in Geosciences. 2013-2017. Penn State University, University Park. Advisor: Peter Wilf. Master of Science in Geosciences. 2011-2013. Penn State University, University Park. Advisor: Peter Wilf. Bachelor of Science with Distinction in Integrative Biology. 2007-2010. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Fellowships Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellowship, September 2017-February 2019. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Supervisor: Bill DiMichele and Conrad Labandeira. CIC-Smithsonian Predoctoral Fellowship. July 2016-June 2017. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Supervisor: Conrad Labandeira. Peer-Reviewed DiMichele W.A., Lucas, S.G., Chaney, D.S., Donovan, M.P., Kerp, H., Koll, R.A., and Publications Looy, C.V. 2018. Early Permian flora, Doña Ana Mountains, southern New Mexico, with special consideration of taxonomic issues and arthropod damage. Fossil Record 6, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin. Donovan, M.P., Iglesias, A., Wilf, P., Labandeira, C.C., Cúneo, N.R. 2018. Diverse plant-insect associations from the latest Cretaceous and early Paleocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana, 55: 303-338. Wilf, P., Donovan, M.P., Cúneo, N.R., Gandolfo, M.A. The fossil flip-leaves (Retrophyllum, Podocarpaceae) of southern South America. American Journal of Botany, 104: 1344-1369. Donovan, M.P., Iglesias, A., Wilf, P., Labandeira, C.C., Cúneo, N.R. 2016. Rapid recovery of Patagonian plant-insect associations after the end-Cretaceous extinction. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1: 10.1038/s41559-016-0012. Michael Donovan Elliott, S.J., Grettenberger, C.L., Donovan, M.P., Wilf, P., Walter, R.C., Merritts, D.J. 2016. Riparian and valley-margin hardwood species of pre-colonial Piedmont forests: a preliminary study of subfossil leaves from White Clay Creek, southeastern Pennsylvania, USA. Palaeontologia Electronica, 19.1.2A: 1-26. Donovan, M.P., Wilf, P., Labandeira, C.C., Johnson, K.R., Peppe, D.J. 2014. Novel insect leaf-mining after the end-Cretaceous extinction and the demise of Cretaceous leaf miners, Great Plains, USA. PLoS ONE 9(7): e103542. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103542 Donovan, M.P., Nabity, P.D., and DeLucia, E.H. 2013. Salicylic acid-mediated reductions in yield in Nicotiana attenuata challenged by aphid herbivory. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 7: 45-52. Publications Donovan, M.P, Labandeira, C.C., Wilf, P., Iglesias, A., Cúneo, N.R. In preparation In Preparation for PNAS. Insect and fungal communities tracked the conifer Agathis (Araucariaceae) from Paleogene Patagonia to modern Malesia. Donovan, M.P, Labandeira, C.C., Wilf, P., Iglesias, A., Cúneo, N.R. In preparation for American Journal of Botany. Biology of the insect herbivore community on Agathis (Araucariaceae) from the latest Cretaceous to middle Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Other Luque, J., Agic, H., Anderson, E.P., Dahl, R., Donovan, M.P., Field, D.J., Fronimos, J.A., Publications Hodges, M., Motz, G.J., Roney, R., Saupe, E.E., Sheffield, S., Tackett, L., Tashman, J.N., Wawrzyniak, Z. 2015. Diversity in all its forms: IPC4 as an invaluable opportunity for STEPPE grant recipients. GSA Today 5: 24–25. Donovan, M.P. Darwin’s visit to Mendoza. 2014. STEPPE Blogs. Research PhD Thesis: Extinction and recovery of insect herbivores in Patagonia after the end- Cretaceous event. Advisor: Peter Wilf, Penn State University. Master’s Thesis: Novel insect leaf-mining at Mexican Hat, Montana (early Paleocene) and the demise of Cretaceous leaf miners. Advisor: Peter Wilf, Penn State University. Undergraduate Thesis: Salicylic acid-mediated reductions in yield in Nicotiana attenuata challenged by aphid herbivory. Advisor: Evan DeLucia, University of Illinois. Undergraduate Research: Determining Cerambycid beetles’ pollen feeding habits by identifying pollen types extracted from frass. Advisor: Larry Hanks and Surangi Punyasena, University of Illinois. Michael Donovan Invited Talks Recuperación de insectos luego de una extinción masiva, en base a hojas fósiles de Patagonia. Laboratorio Ecotono, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina. March, 2017. Recovery of insect herbivores in the Western Interior USA and Patagonia after the end- Cretaceous extinction. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Herbarium. April, 2016. Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction. Guest lecturer, Vertebrate Paleontology (GEOSC 422). Penn State University. September, 2015. Rapid recovery of plant-insect associations in Patagonia after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Department of Petroleum Geoscience. May, 2015. Presentations Donovan, M.P, Labandeira, C.C., Wilf, P., Iglesias, A., Cúneo, N.R. 2016. Insect herbivores tracked the conifer Agathis (Araucariaceae) from Paleogene Patagonia to modern Australasia and Southeast Asia. Oral Presentation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol. 48, No. 7: Paper No. 44-12. Denver, CO. Also presented at Botany 2017, Abstract 339. Fort Worth, TX. Donovan, M.P, Iglesias, A., Wilf, P., Cúneo, N.R., Labandeira, C.C. 2015. Rapid recovery of plant-insect associations in Patagonia after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. Poster Presentation. International Conference on Insects, Arthropods, and Amber Abstracts, p. 69. Edinburgh, Scotland. Donovan, M.P, Iglesias, A., Wilf, P., Cúneo, N.R., Labandeira, C.C. 2015. Rapid recovery of plant-insect associations in Patagonia after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. Oral Presentation. Botany 2015, Abstract ID: 946. Edmonton, Canada. Donovan, M.P, Iglesias, A., Wilf, P., Cúneo, N.R., Labandeira, C.C. 2015. First comparison of latest Cretaceous and early Paleocene insect damage in the southern hemisphere supports a Patagonian biodiversity refugium. Oral Presentation. 4th International Palaeontological Congress in Mendoza, Argentina. Donovan, M.P, Iglesias, A., Wilf, P., Cúneo, N.R., Labandeira, C.C. 2013. First comparison of latest Cretaceous and early Paleocene insect damage in the southern hemisphere supports a Patagonian biodiversity refugium. Oral Presentation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol. 45, No. 7: Paper No. 12. Denver, CO. Also presented at the North American Paleontological Convention, Gainesville, FL. Donovan, M.P., Wilf, P., Labandeira, C.C., Johnson, K.R. 2012. Anomalous insect-plant damage diversity at Mexican Hat, Montana linked to an influx of Paleocene insects. Oral Presentation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol. 44, No. 7: Paper No. 10. Charlotte, NC. Also presented at Yale Leaf Michael Donovan Summit in New Haven, CT, Geobiology Symposium 2013, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., Midcontinental Paleobotanical Colloquium, Chicago Botanic Gardens in Glencoe, IL, and Penn State Geosciences Graduate Colloquium, University Park, PA. Donovan, M.P., Nabity, P.D., and DeLucia, E.H. 2011. Salicylic acid mediated reductions in yield in Nicotiana attenuata challenged by aphid herbivory. Poster Presentation. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, PS 85-123. Austin, TX. Teaching Penn State Department of Geosciences Teaching Assistantship EARTH 150 Dinosaur Extinctions and Other Controversies – Fall 2013, 2014, 2015 GEOSC 310 Earth History – Spring 2015 GEOSC 001 Physical Geology – Fall 2011, Spring 2014 Grants Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2017-2019 $106400 CIC-Smithsonian Predoctoral Fellowship, 2016-2017 $35740 Krynine Memorial Scholarship Fund, Spring 2016 $400 Krynine Memorial Scholarship Fund, Spring 2015 $400 STEPPE Travel Grant, Fall 2014 $2500 Evolving Earth Foundation, Spring 2014 $3000 Geological Society of America Student Research Grant, Spring 2014 $1500 Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research, Spring 2014 $1000 North American Paleontological Convention Student Travel Grant $400 Krynine Memorial Scholarship Fund, Fall 2013 $350 Geological Society of America Student Research Grant, Spring 2012 $1482 Paleontological Society Student Research Grant, Spring 2012 $800 Krynine Memorial Scholarship Fund, Spring 2012 $500 Krynine Memorial Scholarship Fund, Fall 2012 $250 Total $154712 Field Experience Collected fossils at: Río Pichileufú, Río Negro, Argentina March 2017 Laguna del Hunco, Chubut, Argentina December 2016 Saltillo, Mexico August 2016 Brunei May 2015 Palacio de los Loros, Chubut, Argentina December 2012 Awards Botany 2017, Isabel C. Cookson Paleobotanical Award, given to the student delivering the best paleobotanical talk – Insect herbivores tracked the conifer Agathis (Araucariaceae) from Paleogene Patagonia to modern Australasia and Southeast Asia. Penn State Geosciences Graduate Student Colloquium, 2013, Oral Presentation by an M.S. Student – Second Place Michael Donovan Outreach The Scientist Is In, 2018. Hosting hands-on activities involving fossil plants for people visiting the Smithsonian. Smithsonian Science How, 2018. Answering student questions during live webcast. Infinity Charter School, Harrisburg, PA, 2014 and 2017. Taught 3rd and 4th grade students about fossil forests in Pennsylvania. Shake, Rattle, and Rocks, Penn State University, 2015 and 2016. Organized activity on fossil forests from Pennsylvania for local 5th grade classes. Earth and Environmental Systems Institute GEMS Showcase Event, Penn State University,